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[1] (AUS #1) vs. [ALT] (NED #10)

Head to Head: ASHLEIGH BARTY leads 4-0

2019 BEIJING HARD O SF ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 3-6 7-6(7) 140 mins 2019 MIAMI HARD O R16 ASHLEIGH BARTY 4-6 6-3 6-2 113 mins 2019 SYDNEY HARD O SF ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-7(4) 6-4 7-5 139 mins 2018 MONTREAL HARD O QF ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 6-1 55 mins

ASHLEIGH BARTY KIKI BERTENS 1 WTA RANKING 10 1 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 10 24-04-1996 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-12-1991 (27) $6,887,587 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,107,026 $12,095,667 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $9,629,150 3 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 9 1 / 10 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 10 1-0 WTA FINALS W-L (MD) * 2-2 53-11 / 137-60 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 51-24 / 205-157 18-5 / 42-18 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 16-13 / 58-60 8-5 / 21-15 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 11-12 / 44-50 34-8 / 87-38 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 25-16 / 89-100 3-2 / 12-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 8-2 / 24-11 2-2 / 4-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 4-3 / 10-12 9-5 / 14-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 7-3 / 22-23 16-7 / 30-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-7 / 33-43 * Including 2019 Shenzhen RR results

ROUND ROBIN RESULTS

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) KIKI BERTENS (NED #10) RR: d. [7] (SUI #7) 5-7,6-1,6-2 (1h56)

Total games: 27 Total games: 0 Won/lost: 17-10 Won/lost: 0-0 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Sets won/lost: 0-0 Total time on court: 1h56 Total time on court: 0h00 Average time on court: 1h56 Average time on court: 0h00 Average rank of opponent: 7 Average rank of opponent: 0

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KIKI BERTENS 2018 SF L - (UKR #7) 7-5 6-7(5) 6-4

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SHENZHEN SHENZHEN

• Making debut singles appearance at Shiseido WTA • Making second consecutive singles appearance at Finals Shenzhen. One of three debutantes in the the WTA Finals, having reached the SF stage on her field (also Bencic and Andreescu) debut in 2018 (l. eventual champion Svitolina) • Was the first singles player to qualify for Shenzhen • Defeated Kerber and Osaka, and fell to Stephens in following R16 run at US Open round robin stage during last year’s run • Is the first Australian to compete in singles at WTA • Also competed in doubles field at WTA Finals in 2017 Finals since Stosur in 2012 (as alternate, fell in RR). (w/Larsson, l. Babos/Sestini Hlavackova in F) Best result by an Australian at the tournament were • Enters this year’s WTA Finals as the first alternate title runs from Goolagong Cawley in 1974 and 1976 following the withdrawal of Osaka (right shoulder • In doubles, reached QF at WTA Finals in 2017 (w/ injury). The last alternate to compete at the year-end Dellacqua) and SF in 2018 (w/Vandeweghe) finale was Stosur in 2012 (Kvitova withdrew due to • Struck 30 winners - including 10 aces - during open- illness) ing round robin win over Bencic on Sunday • Faces No.1 Barty today in their fifth career meeting. • Now owns 53 match wins in 2019, the second most Aiming for her first win over the Australian and sec- on tour behind Bertens (54) ond win over a reigning World No.1, having defeated • This season, has struck 387 aces - third most on tour Halep in 2018 Cincinnati final behind Ka.Pliskova (481) and Bertens (448) • Owns a Tour-leading 54 match wins in 2019, ahead • Faces No.10 Bertens today. In their most recent of today’s opponent Barty with 53 meeting, saved one match point to defeat the Dutch- • Has struck 448 aces this season, the second most woman in a third set tiebreak at Beijing SFs on tour behind Ka.Pliskova on 481 • Owns the joint-most Top 10 wins of 2019 on Tour • Enters Shenzhen ranked No.10 - her 56th consecu- (nine) along with Bencic tive week inside the WTA Top 10 • Will advance to SF if she wins today and Bencic • During last year’s Asian swing, won title at Seoul, defeats Kvitova in the second match made R16 at Beijing, 2r at Wuhan, before going on to • Heading into Shenzhen, ranked second on tour in reach SF at WTA Finals in Singapore 2019 for percentage won of service points (63.7) and • Owns three hard court titles, at 2018 Cincinnati, 2018 third for service games (79.5) Seoul and 2019 St. Petersburg • During WTA Finals will spend her 15th non-consecu- tive week as World No.1. Is joined in China by three SEASON other former No.1s (Ka.Pliskova, Osaka and Halep) • One of five Slam singles champions competing in • Coming off R-Up finish at Zhuhai as the top seed (l. Shenzhen (Osaka, Halep, Andreescu and Kvitova) Sabalenka in F) • Owns fine record on Chinese soil, winning the title • Made back-to-back QFs at Linz (l. Gauff) and Mos- at 2018 Zhuhai, finishing R-Up at 2017 Wuhan and cow (l. Mladenovic) 2019 Beijing, and reaching three further SFs • Needed to reach the final in Moscow in order to secure final qualifying spot in Shenzhen • Reached SF at Beijing (l. No.1 Barty in 3s), R16 at SEASON Wuhan (l. Sabalenka), fell 2r at Zhengzhou (l. Toml- janovic) and 1r at Osaka (l. Pavlyuchenkova) Coming off R-Up finish at Beijing (l. Osaka); now • • Reached 3r at US Open (l. Goerges) owns 6-5 win-loss record in WTA singles finals • Suffered 2r exit as defending champion at Cincinnati • Also during Asian swing, posted SF showing at Wu- (after 1r bye, l. V. Williams) han (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) • Fell 2r at Toronto (l. eventual champion • Made R16 at US Open (l. Q.Wang); also R-Up in Andreescu) doubles (w/Azarenka, l. Mertens/Sabalenka) • Reached fourth final of 2019 at Palermo (l. Teich- • Reached SF at Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova) mann). Has now reached four finals the last two • Suffered 2r exit at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Kenin) years. In 2018, won Charleston, Cincinnati and • Made R16 at Wimbledon for the first time (l. Riske) Seoul, and finished R-Up at Madrid Became the first Roland Garros champion to lift a • • Upset in 3r of Wimbledon (l. Strycova) grass court title in the same season since Henin • Posted SF appearance at Eastbourne (l. eventual in 2007 by winning Birmingham (d. Goerges in F); champion Ka.Pliskova) became the first Australian woman in 43 years to • Recorded a final run on home soil in ‘s-Hertogen- reach WTA singles No.1 following Birmingham (June bosch, could not convert five championship points in 24, 2019) loss to Riske Won first title at Roland Garros (d. Von- • • At Roland Garros, retired from 2r match against drousova in F) ASHLEIGH KIKI BARTY VS BERTENS

SEASON CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- Kuzmova due to gastrointestinal illness enovic); withdrew from Strasbourg (right arm injury) • SF showing at Rome (l. Konta – after coming within • Lifted 10th career doubles title at Rome (w/Azarenka) two points of victory) • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami • Won ninth career title at Madrid, defeating four Grand – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens Slam champions en route (Ostapenko, Kvitova, (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) Stephens and Halep in F). Also first woman to win • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- Madrid title without dropping a set cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level • Reached career high ranking of World No.4 on May • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph 13 (after Madrid title run) (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became • Posted SF run at Stuttgart (l. eventual champion Kvi- ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket tova); d. No.5 Kerber in QF for first Top 5 win of 2019 • Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in sixth longest • Fell in R16 (Sakkari) during Charleston title defense match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) • Posted R16 showings at Indian Wells (l. Muguruza) • Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed and Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) Cup duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in • In Middle East, reached QF at Doha (l. eventual singles before teaming up with Hon to win decisive champion Mertens) and fell 2r at Dubai (after 1r bye, doubles rubber over Collins and Melichar. Also won l. Kuzmova - held 1mp in third set tie-break) both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against Belarus • Won eighth career title - and third at Premier level in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as well as - at St. Petersburg (d. Vekic in F) decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia hosts • Made 2r exit at (l. Pavlyuchenkova) France in November’s final • Enjoyed SF finish in Sydney (l. eventual R-Up Barty). • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching Marked first SF on Australian soil; best previous QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney results were QF runs at 2016-17 Hobart for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both) • Fell in the 2r of Brisbane to start the year (l. Vekic, • Opened 2019 season at the . Posted having held 2mp at 5-4 in final set) 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) CAREER MILESTONES CAREER MILESTONES • Enjoyed a break-out year in 2018, reaching a ca- reer-best four singles finals across the season and • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at breaking into the Top 10 (October 8, 2018) – first No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and Dutch woman to be ranked in the Top 10 since Bren- reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 da Schultz-McCarthy in 1996 highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan • Won the WTA’s Most Improved Player Award in 2018 • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US • Lifted three titles in 2018, at Charleston (d. Goerges Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other in F), Cincinnati (d. World No.1 Halep in F – saved titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA 1mp) and Seoul (d. Tomljanovic in F). Reached one Finals (w/Vandeweghe) further final, at Premier Mandatory Madrid (l. Kvitova) • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved • Scored WTA-leading 12 Top 10 wins last season. Pri- her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season or to 2018, only had three Top 10 wins in her career (finishing at No.17) • Also reached SF on WTA Finals debut (l. Svitolina) • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala • Season highlights in 2017 were titles at Nürnberg Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) and Gstaad. Also` posted SF run at 2017 Rome and • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on reached QF at Madrid - first Premier Mandatory QF October 23, 2017 • Career-high doubles ranking is No.16 (first reached • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at on April 16, 2018) 2019 Sydney • Finished 2016 ranked No.22 in singles – big jump • Winner of 10 doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, two w/ from her season-ending ranking of No.101 in 2015 Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs, one w/Azarenka) • Played on Netherlands Olympic team at 2016 Rio • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ Olympics – fell in 1r (l. Errani) Dellacqua) • Won maiden career singles title at 2012 Fès as a • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on qualifier in just her second main draw appearance; May 21, 2018 currently owns 9-4 career record in singles finals • Took a break from after 2014 US Open that • Owner of 10 WTA doubles titles, most recently at lasted almost two years 2018 Brisbane (w/Schuurs) ASHLEIGH KIKI BARTY VS BERTENS

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- • Made WTA main draw debut as a wildcard at 2011 joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket ‘s-Hertogenbosch (l. 1r) team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League • Played first event of career on ITF Circuit in the Neth- • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2017 and erlands in 2006; has won seven singles titles and 11 2018 doubles titles at this level • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- • Netherlands Fed Cup Team, 2011-2012, 2014-2017 ager ranked in doubles Top 30 • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished GRAND SLAM HISTORY 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC • Contested milestone 30th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US Open • Deepest run across the Slams came with SF show- GRAND SLAM HISTORY ing at 2016 Roland Garros (l. eventual R-Up S.Wil- liams) • Won first major singles title at 2019 Roland Garros • Enjoyed her best result at Wimbledon in 2018 by (d. Vondrousova in F), becoming third Australian reaching her second career Grand Slam QF (l. woman in the Open Era to win Roland Garros, join- Goerges). Became first Dutch woman to reach QF at ing Court (1969-70, 1973) and Goolagong Cawley Wimbledon since Krajicek in 2007 (1971) • In 2018 reached 3r for first time at both Australian • Prior to Paris run, best result at this level was QF Open (l. eventual champion Wozniacki) and US showing at (l. Kvitova) and Open (l. Vondrousova) R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) • Is a two-time Grand Slam quarterfinalist in doubles, • Subsequently has also reached R16 at 2019 Wim- at (w/Larsson, l. Goerges/ bledon (as No.1 seed, l. Riske) and 2019 US Open Groenefeld) and 2016 Roland Garros (w/Larsson, l. (as No.2 seed, l. Wang) eventual champions Garcia/Mladenovic) • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Australian Open in 2017 (l. Barthel) and 2018 (l. Osaka), US Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens) and PERSONAL Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina) • Main draw Slam debut was at , • Coached by former WTA player Elise Tamaela and came from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 • In November 2018, announced engagement to US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds boyfriend Remko de Rijke, who has been involved as Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- part of her team as a physio and fitness coach novic/Babos in F; finished R-Up at 2019 US Open in • After her triumph in Madrid, Kiki reached a ca- doubles (w/Azarenka) reer-high singles ranking of World No.4 and became • During partnership w/Dellacqua, advanced to three the highest-ranked Dutchwoman in history major doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wim- • Fan-voted as May 2019 WTA Player of the Month bledon, US Open) and also Roland Garros in 2017 • Parents are Rob and Doré; sisters are Joyce and Daisy • Started playing at age 6. Tennis idol growing up was PERSONAL Kim Clijsters • Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents intro- duced her to the sport • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 • Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce

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ORDER OF PLAY – DAY THREE (OCTOBER 29)

Start 4:00pm [4] GABRIELA DABROWSKI/XU YIFAN (CAN/CHN) vs. [7] / (AUS/CHN)

Not before 6:30pm [1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. [3] (JPN #3) Osaka leads 2-1

Not before 8:00pm [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) vs. [7] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #7) Kvitova leads 4-1

Followed by [2] HSIEH SU-WEI/BARBORA STRYCOVA (TPE/CZE) vs. [6] BARBORA KREJCIKOVA/KATERINA SINIAKOVA (CZE/CZE)

ROUND ROBIN STANDINGS

RED GROUP PURPLE GROUP MATCH SETS GAMES MATCH SETS GAMES PLAYER PCT PCT PCT PLAYER PCT PCT PCT W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L W-L [1] BARTY 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 17-10 .630 [2] KA.PLISKOVA 0-1 .000 0-2 .000 10-13 .435 [3] OSAKA 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 17-16 .516 [4] ANDREESCU 0-1 .000 1-2 .333 15-16 .484 [6] KVITOVA 0-1 .000 1-2 .333 16-17 .486 [5] HALEP 1-0 1.000 2-1 .667 16-15 .516 [7] BENCIC 0-1 .000 1-2 .333 10-17 .370 [8] SVITOLINA 1-0 1.000 2-0 1.000 13-10 .565

ABOUT THE RED GROUP

WTA FINALS YTD YTD MD YTD CAREER CAREER CAREER PLAYER RANK NAT AGE W-L PRIZE $ W/L TITLES PRIZE $ W/L TITLES [1] Ashleigh Barty 1 AUS 23 1-0 6,887,587 53-11 3 12,095,667 138-60 6 [3] Naomi Osaka 3 JPN 22 1-3 5,863.282 40-11 3 13,492,479 120-70 5 [6] Petra Kvitova 6 CZE 29 10-12 3,219,420 37-14 2 30,561,637 435-203 27 [7] Belinda Bencic 7 SUI 22 0-1 3,118,075 47-20 2 6,851,208 146-107 4 Ranking based on week of October 21, 2019

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• The Red Group features the reigning WTA World No.1 and the player who has won the second-most matches on Tour in 2019 with 53 – Ashleigh Barty • Barty finished in pole position on the Porsche Race to Shenzhen, and is therefore the No.1 seed at the Shiseido WTA Finals Shenzhen • Three Grand Slam champions are featured, in the form of Barty (2019 Roland Garros), Naomi Osaka (2018 US Open, 2019 Australian Open) and Petra Kvitova (2011, 2014 Wimbledon). Belinda Bencic achieved her career best Grand Slam result this year by reaching the semifinal stage at the US Open • The Red Group’s roster features two players who have are making their WTA Finals debuts - Barty and Bencic. Dominika Cibulkova was the last debutant to win the WTA Finals (2016) • Bencic is the most recent player to lift a title, having won Moscow just under a week ago to secure her qualification • Kvitova has posted the second-lowest amount of match wins this season of all the eight qualifiers, with 38 (the Purple Group’s Elina Svitolina has 35) • 2019 marks Kvitova’s seventh WTA Finals apperance – only (nine) and (eight) have more among active players • Shenzhen is the third city Kvitova has contested the WTA’s season-ending event in, in addition to Istanbul and Singapore

RED GROUP – HEAD-TO-HEADS - CAREER BARTY OSAKA KVITOVA BENCIC BARTY X 1-2 2-4 1-0 OSAKA 2-1 X 2-0 1-3 KVITOVA 4-2 0-2 X 4-1 BENCIC 0-1 3-1 1-4 X

MATCH SCHEDULE

SESSION DAY TIME MATCHES Session 1 Sunday Oct 27 4:30pm Singles RR (2) Doubles RR (2) Session 2 Monday Oct 28 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 3 Tuesday Oct 29 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 4 Wednesday Oct 30 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 5 Thursday Oct 31 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 6 Friday Nov 1 4pm Doubles RR, NB 6:30pm Singles RR, NB 8pm Singles RR, FB Doubles Session 7 Saturday Nov 2 4pm Doubles SF, NB 6:30pm Singles SF, NB 8pm Singles SF, FB Doubles Session 8 Sunday Nov 3 4:30pm Doubles F, NB 7:30pm Singles F Subject to change RR = Round Robin

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[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3)

Head to Head: NAOMI OSAKA leads 2-1

2019 BEIJING HARD O F NAOMI OSAKA 3-6 6-3 6-2 110 mins 2018 NOTTINGHAM GRASS O SF ASHLEIGH BARTY 6-3 6-4 65 mins HARD O R3 NAOMI OSAKA 6-4 6-2 73 mins

ASHLEIGH BARTY NAOMI OSAKA 1 WTA RANKING 3 1 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 3 24-04-1996 (23) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 16-10-1997 (22) $6,887,587 YTD PRIZE MONEY $5,863,282 $12,095,667 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $13,492,479 3 / 6 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 3 / 5 1 / 10 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 0 1-0 WTA FINALS W-L (MD) * 1-3 53-11 / 137-60 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 40-11 / 120-70 18-5 / 42-18 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 17-3 / 32-18 8-5 / 21-15 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 10-4 / 23-19 34-8 / 87-38 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 30-7 / 91-48 3-2 / 12-6 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 3-0 / 7-5 2-2 / 4-14 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 1-0 / 4-7 9-5 / 14-19 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-1 / 11-19 16-7 / 30-35 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 9-3 / 25-31 * Including 2019 Shenzhen RR results

ROUND ROBIN RESULTS

[1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) vs. [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3) RR: d. [7] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #7) 5-7,6-1,6-2 (1h56) RR: d. [6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) 7-6(1),4-6,6-4 (2h39)

Total games: 27 Total games: 33 Won/lost: 17-10 Won/lost: 17-16 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Sets won/lost: 2-1 Total time on court: 1h56 Total time on court: 2h39 Average time on court: 1h56 Average time on court: 2h39 Average rank of opponent: 7 Average rank of opponent: 6

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NAOMI OSAKA 2018

R1 L - (GER #2) 6-4 5-7 6-4

R1 L - (USA #6) 7-5 4-6 6-1

R1 L - KIKI BERTENS (NED #9) 6-3 ret.

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SHENZHEN SHENZHEN

• Making debut singles appearance at Shiseido WTA • Making second straight appearance at WTA Finals Finals Shenzhen. One of three debutantes in the • Last year at WTA Finals in Singapore was hampered field (also Bencic and Andreescu) by a left leg injury. Went 0-3 in round robin stage • Was the first singles player to qualify for Shenzhen after losing in 3s to Stephens and Kerber and then following R16 run at US Open retiring in the first set against Bertens • Is the first Australian to compete in singles at WTA • Became the fifth qualifier for WTA Finals after QF Finals since Stosur in 2012 (as alternate, fell in RR). victory over Andreescu at Beijing earlier this month Best result by an Australian at the tournament were • Is only third ever player from Japan to appear at WTA title runs from Goolagong Cawley in 1974 and 1976 Finals, after Date (1994-96) and Sugiyama (2003). • In doubles, reached QF at WTA Finals in 2017 (w/ Best result was Date’s run to SF in 1994 (l. Sabatini) Dellacqua) and SF in 2018 (w/Vandeweghe) • Aged 18 and ranked No.202, appeared in Singapore • Struck 30 winners - including 10 aces - during open- at the 2015 WTA Rising Stars invitational, which ing round robin win over Bencic on Sunday brought together four players (Jabeur, Garcia and • Now owns 53 match wins in 2019, the second most ) after a fan vote to compete at the event. on tour behind Bertens (54) Defeated Garcia in the final to win the competition • Has also posted nine Top 10 wins in 2019, the joint- • Withstood 40 winners to edge past Kvitova in open- most on tour (level with Bencic) ing round robin match and become first Japanese • This season, has struck 387 aces - third most on tour woman to win a WTA Finals singles match since behind Ka.Pliskova (481) and Bertens (448) 2003 (Sugiyama d. Henin in the round robin) • Faces No.3 Osaka in second round robin match • Now owns six Top 10 wins in 2019, with the others today; owns two Top 5 wins in 2019, over No.1 Halep coming during Australian Open title run (No.7 Svitoli- at Sydney and No.2 Kvitova at Miami na, No.8 Ka.Pliskova and No.6 Kvitova) and en route • Will advance to SF if she wins today and Bencic to Beijing title (No.6 Andreescu and No.1 Barty) defeats Kvitova in the second match • Faces No.1 Barty in second match today. Career • Heading into Shenzhen, ranked second on tour in record against reigning World No.1s stands at 2-3, 2019 for percentage won of service points (63.7) and having beaten Halep (2018 Indian Wells) and Barty third for service games (79.5) (2019 Beijing) and lost to Ka.Pliskova (2017 Toronto) • During WTA Finals will spend her 15th non-consecu- and Halep (2018 Australian Open and 2018 Rome) tive week as World No.1. Is joined in China by three • Currently on a 11-match winning streak after lifting other former No.1s (Ka.Pliskova, Osaka and Halep) titles at Osaka and Beijing - the longest of her career • One of five Slam singles champions competing in (bettering 2018’s run of 10 matches unbeaten when Shenzhen (Osaka, Halep, Andreescu and Kvitova) winning the US Open and reaching the final at Tokyo) • Owns fine record on Chinese soil, winning the title • After hitting 12 aces against Kvitova on Sunday, at 2018 Zhuhai, finishing R-Up at 2017 Wuhan and has struck 363 in 2019 - fourth-most on tour behind 2019 Beijing, and reaching three further SFs Ka.Pliskova (481), Bertens (448) and Barty (387) • One of five players to have won at least three titles this year, also Ka.Pliskova (four), Andreescu (three), SEASON Barty (three) and Kenin (three) • In addition to this season’s title run at Beijing, best • Coming off R-Up finish at Beijing (l. Osaka); now results of career in China are SF showing at 2018 owns 6-5 win-loss record in WTA singles finals Beijing and QF run at 2016 Tianjin • Also during Asian swing, posted SF showing at Wu- han (l. eventual champion Sabalenka) • Made R16 at US Open (l. Q.Wang); also R-Up in SEASON doubles (w/Azarenka, l. Mertens/Sabalenka) • Reached SF at Cincinnati (l. Kuznetsova) • Won back-to-back titles for first time in her career at • Suffered 2r exit at Toronto (after 1r bye, l. Kenin) Osaka (d. Pavlyuchenkova in F) and Beijing (d. Barty • Made R16 at Wimbledon for the first time (l. Riske) in F); now owns 5-2 record in WTA singles finals • Became the first Roland Garros champion to lift a • Fell in R16 during US Open title defense (l. Bencic) grass court title in the same season since Henin • Reached QF at Toronto (l. S.Williams), securing her in 2007 by winning Birmingham (d. Goerges in F); return to No.1, and also at Cincinnati (ret. vs. Kenin became the first Australian woman in 43 years to w/left knee injury) reach WTA singles No.1 following Birmingham (June • Lost to Putintseva on both grass court appearances, 24, 2019) in 2r at Birmingham and 1r at Wimbledon • Won first Grand Slam title at Roland Garros (d. Von- • Made 3r at Roland Garros (l. Siniakova) and QF at drousova in F) Rome – withdrew vs. Bertens w/right hand injury ASHLEIGH NAOMI BARTY VS OSAKA

SEASON CONT. SEASON CONT.

• Made QF at Madrid (l. Halep), R16 at Rome (l. Mlad- • Rome marked third consecutive clay court QF, after enovic); withdrew from Strasbourg (right arm injury) SF at Stuttgart (withdrew prior to match against • Lifted 10th career doubles title at Rome (w/Azarenka) Kontaveit w/abdominal injury) and QF in Madrid (l. • Won biggest title of career at the time at 2019 Miami Bencic, having led 5-3 in third set) – run included three Top 10 wins, over No.8 Bertens • At 2h 35m, 2r win over Sorribes Tormo at Madrid was (R16), No.2 Kvitova (QF) and No.7 Ka.Pliskova (F) the longest match of her career – previous longest • Win over Kvitova at Miami was 200th of career (in- was 2h 33m win over S.Zhang at 2018 Beijing cluding ITF Circuit) and 100th at main draw level • Made 3r exit at Miami – l. Hsieh in three sets • Made Top 10 rankings debut after Miami triumph • Posted R16 finish at Indian Wells (l. Bencic) as de- (week of April 1) at No.9 (rose from No.11); became fending champion for the first time in her career ninth Australian woman to crack the elite bracket • Made 2r exit at Dubai (l. Mladenovic) in what was • Made R16 at Indian Wells (l. Svitolina in sixth longest her first match since defeating Kvitova in Australian match so far in 2019 – 3hr 12min) Open final; withdrew from Doha w/back injury • Led Australia to 3-2 away win over USA on Fed • Won second major title at Australian Open (d. Kvi- Cup duty in February, defeating Kenin and Keys in tova in F); became first Japanese player to reach singles before teaming up with Hon to win decisive World No.1 ranking following the tournament doubles rubber over Collins and Melichar. Also won • Opened 2019 season with SF run at Brisbane (l. both singles rubbers in Fed Cup SF against Belarus eventual R-Up Tsurenko) in Brisbane (d. Sabalenka, Azarenka) as well as decisive doubles rubber (w/Stosur); Australia hosts France in November’s final CAREER MILESTONES • Posted 8-2 record on home soil in January, reaching • Posted a 40-20 record in 2018, resulting in best year QF at Australian Open and finishing R-Up at Sydney end finish of career at No.5 (first Top 10 season), up for second year in a row (l. Kvitova at both) from No.68 in 2017 • Opened 2019 season at the Hopman Cup. Posted • Won the first two titles of her career in 2018, at Indi- 2-1 singles record as home nation made group stage an Wells (d. Kasatkina in F) and debut Grand Slam exit (d. Cornet, d. Muguruza, l. Kerber) crown at US Open (d. S.Williams in F) • Reached one further final, at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Ka.Plis- CAREER MILESTONES kova) • From her efforts in New York last September, passed • Posted career best season-finish in 2018, ending at USD $5 million in prize money for the season – No.2 No.15, winning titles at Nottingham and Zhuhai and (behind Halep) on the 2018 list of top earners reaching final on home soil at Sydney. Other 2018 • En route to the Indian Wells title, defeated five-time highlights included SF runs at Montréal and Wuhan major champion Sharapova, and A.Radwanska, • Won maiden Grand Slam doubles title at 2018 US Ka.Pliskova and Halep. Only set dropped all fortnight Open (w/Vandeweghe) and picked up three other was against Sakkari in R16 titles at Miami, Rome, and Montréal. Fell SF at WTA • Other Grand Slam results in 2018 included reaching Finals (w/Vandeweghe) R16 at Australian Open (l. eventual R-Up Halep), 3r • Started 2017 ranked No.271 in singles and improved at Roland Garros (l. Keys) and 3r at Wimbledon (l. her position by 254 spots to post first Top 20 season eventual champion Kerber). Elsewhere, had SF runs (finishing at No.17) at Nottingham (l. champion Barty) and Beijing (l. Sev- • Clinched career first WTA singles title at 2017 Kuala astova), and fell in group stage on WTA Finals debut Lumpur (as qualifier, d. Hibino in F) • Book-ended 2017 season with QF showings at • Made Top 20 debut and became Australia’s No.1 on Auckland and Hong Kong; other highlights included October 23, 2017 3r runs at Wimbledon and US Open • Best career win by ranking came over No.1 Halep at • Scored first Top 5 win of career when she defeated 2019 Sydney No.5 V.Williams at 2017 Hong Kong. Upset win over • Winner of 10 doubles titles (five w/Dellacqua, two w/ defending champion and No.6-ranked Kerber at Vandeweghe, two w/Schuurs, one w/Azarenka) 2017 US Open marked first career Top 10 win • Qualified for first WTA Finals in doubles in 2017 (w/ • Voted 2016 WTA Newcomer of the Year; highlight Dellacqua) was career-first WTA final at Tokyo [PPO] (l. Wozni- • Reached a career-high doubles ranking of No.5 on acki). Also reached QF on three occasions and 3r at May 21, 2018 Australian Open, Roland Garros and US Open • Took a break from tennis after 2014 US Open that lasted almost two years ASHLEIGH NAOMI BARTY VS OSAKA

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT.

• Returned to professional tennis in 2016, having en- • Ranked No.406, made WTA main draw debut at joyed a successful stint for the Brisbane Heat cricket 2014 Stanford. As an alternate, won through qualify- team in the 2015-16 Women’s Big Bash League ing (achieving first WTA qualifying wins), and came • Won Australia’s Newcombe Medal prize in 2017 and from match point down to shock No.19 Stosur in 1r of 2018 main draw, before losing to No.18 Petkovic in 2r • Finished 2013 ranked No.12 in doubles – only teen- • Made WTA qualifying debut at Québec City in 2013 ager ranked in doubles Top 30 (l. Dabrowski) • Won 2011 Wimbledon girls’ singles title; finished 2011 as No.2 ranked junior behind Khromacheva • Made WTA main draw debut at 2012 Hobart as WC GRAND SLAM HISTORY

• Contested 15th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US GRAND SLAM HISTORY Open • Two-time major winner, at 2018 US Open (d. S.Wil- • Won first major singles title at 2019 Roland Garros liams in F) and 2019 Australian Open (d. Kvitova in (d. Vondrousova in F), becoming third Australian F) woman in the Open Era to win Roland Garros, join- • Is the first woman to win her second major straight ing Court (1969-70, 1973) and Goolagong Cawley after winning her first since Capriati did so in 2001 (1971) (Australian Open followed by Roland Garros) • Prior to Paris run, best result at this level was QF • Won 2019 Australian Open on only her third appear- showing at 2019 Australian Open (l. Kvitova) and ance, becoming the 10th woman to win the US Open R16 at 2018 US Open (l. Ka.Pliskova) and Australian Open back-to-back • Subsequently has also reached R16 at 2019 Wim- • In reaching R16 at 2018 Australian Open, became bledon (as No.1 seed, l. Riske) and 2019 US Open youngest Japanese player to reach R16 at a Slam (as No.2 seed, l. Wang) since Sugiyama at 1995 Roland Garros (19y, 342d) • Has advanced to 3r on four occasions, at Australian and the youngest player from Japan to reach R16 in Open in 2017 (l. Barthel) and 2018 (l. Osaka), US Melbourne since Date in 1990 (197, 122d) Open in 2017 (l. eventual champion Stephens) and • Has reached 3r at the other two majors: Roland Wimbledon in 2018 (l. Kasatkina) Garros in 2016 (l. Halep), 2018 (l. Keys) and 2019 • Main draw Slam debut was at 2012 Australian Open, (l. Siniakova), and Wimbledon in 2017 (l. V.Williams) came from winning Tennis Australia’s WC Play-Off and 2018 (l. Kerber) • Lifted maiden Grand Slam doubles trophy at 2018 US Open (w/Vandeweghe), defeating No.1 seeds Krejcikova/Siniakova in SF and No.2 seeds Mlade- PERSONAL novic/Babos in F; finished R-Up at 2019 US Open in doubles (w/Azarenka) • Recently stopped working with coach Jermaine Jen- • During partnership w/Dellacqua, advanced to three kins, former hitting partner of , also major doubles finals in 2013 (Australian Open, Wim- parted company with Sascha Bajin earlier this year bledon, US Open) and also Roland Garros in 2017 • Also in her team are Stuart Duguid (agent) and Abdul Sillah (fitness trainer) • Was born in Osaka, Japan, and moved to USA when PERSONAL she was three years old; holds dual citizenship • Sponsorship deals include Nike, Citizen, broadcaster • Father is Robert, mother is Josie; sisters are Ali and Wowow, Nissin, Nissan and ANA Airlines Sara. Started playing at age 5 when parents intro- • Her father, Leonard Max Francois, was born in Haiti duced her to the sport and attended college in New York City before moving • In April 2018, was named National Indigenous Tennis to Japan where he lived for 13 years Ambassador by Tennis Australia. In conjunction with • Mother, Tamaki, is Japanese. Older sister Mari also the announcement, she flew to the remote Wurrumi- plays professional tennis yanga community on Bathurst Island in the Northern Territory to conduct a clinic at a local school • In 2015, earned a contract with the Brisbane Heat for the inaugural Women’s Big Bash League (cricket) before returning to tennis in 2016 • Currently coached by Craig Tyzzer; formerly coached by Jason Stoltenberg and Jim Joyce MATCH NOTES WTA FINALS - CHINA | Oct 27 - Nov 03, 2019 | $14,000,000 | CH

[6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) vs. [7] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #7)

Head to Head: PETRA KVITOVA leads 4-1

2019 BEIJING HARD O R16 PETRA KVITOVA 6-3 6-3 87 mins 2019 DUBAI HARD O F BELINDA BENCIC 6-3 1-6 6-2 103 mins 2019 AUSTRALIAN OPEN HARD O R3 PETRA KVITOVA 6-1 6-4 68 mins WEEK 1 HARD I R1 PETRA KVITOVA 6-2 6-4 2013 TOKYO HARD O R2 PETRA KVITOVA 7-5 6-4 81 mins

PETRA KVITOVA BELINDA BENCIC 6 WTA RANKING 7 6 PORSCHE RACE TO SHENZHEN LEADERBOARD 7 08-03-1990 (29) DATE OF BIRTH (AGE) 10-03-1997 (22) $3,219,430 YTD PRIZE MONEY $3,118,075 $30,561,637 CAREER PRIZE MONEY $6,851,208 2 / 27 SINGLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 2 / 4 0 / 0 DOUBLES TITLES (YTD / CAREER) 0 / 2 10-12 WTA FINALS W-L (MD) * 0-1 37-14 / 435-203 YTD / CAREER W-L (MD) * 47-20 / 146-107 8-9 / 128-86 YTD / CAREER 3-SET W-L (MD) * 19-10 / 55-34 9-6 / 87-63 YTD / CAREER TIE-BREAK W-L (MD) * 11-3 / 36-25 26-11 / 289-142 YTD / CAREER HARD W-L (MD) * 29-11 / 94-72 1-0 / 45-14 YTD / CAREER Left Hander W-L (MD) * 4-3 / 14-10 1-3 / 25-33 YTD / CAREER TOP 5 W-L (MD & Q) * 6-2 / 13-8 3-4 / 55-54 YTD / CAREER TOP 10 W-L (MD & Q) * 9-7 / 22-21 9-7 / 108-91 YTD / CAREER TOP 20 W-L (MD & Q) * 10-8 / 28-39 * Including 2019 Shenzhen RR results

ROUND ROBIN RESULTS

[6] PETRA KVITOVA (CZE #6) vs. [7] BELINDA BENCIC (SUI #7) other: L - [3] NAOMI OSAKA (JPN #3) 7-6(1),4-6,6-4 (2h39) other: L - [1] ASHLEIGH BARTY (AUS #1) 5-7,6-1,6-2 (1h56)

Total games: 33 Total games: 27 Won/lost: 16-17 Won/lost: 10-17 Sets won/lost: 1-2 Sets won/lost: 1-2 Total time on court: 2h39 Total time on court: 1h56 Average time on court: 2h39 Average time on court: 1h56 Average rank of opponent: 3 Average rank of opponent: 1

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WTA FINALS Tournament History

PETRA KVITOVA 2018 RR L - (DEN #3) 7-5 3-6 6-2

RR L - KAROLINA PLISKOVA (CZE #8) 6-3 6-4

RR L - ELINA SVITOLINA (UKR #7) 6-3 6-3 2015

F L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 6-2 4-6 6-3

SF W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #4) 6-3 7-6(3)

RR L - GARBIÑE MUGURUZA (ESP #3) 6-4 4-6 7-5

RR L - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #7) 6-2 7-6(3)

RR W - LUCIE SAFAROVA (CZE #9) 7-5 7-5 2014

RR W - MARIA SHARAPOVA (RUS #2) 6-3 6-2

RR L - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #8) 6-2 6-3

RR L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #6) 6-2 6-3 2013

SF L - NA LI (CHN #5) 6-4 6-2

RR W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-4 6-4

RR L - SERENA WILLIAMS (USA #1) 6-2 6-3

RR W - ANGELIQUE KERBER (GER #9) 6-7(3) 6-2 6-3 2012

RR L - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #4) 6-3 6-2 2011

F W - (BLR #4) 7-5 4-6 6-3

SF W - SAMANTHA STOSUR (AUS #7) 5-7 6-3 6-3

RR W - AGNIESZKA RADWANSKA (POL #8) 7-6(4) 6-3

RR W - CAROLINE WOZNIACKI (DEN #1) 6-4 6-2

RR W - (RUS #6) 6-2 6-4

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SHENZHEN SHENZHEN • Making her seventh appearance at the WTA Finals. • Making debut appearance at WTA Finals Among active players, owns joint third-most appear- • Secured the final qualifying spot by lifting title at Mos- ances at the season-ending event behind S.Williams cow earlier this month (needed to reach the final in (nine) and Sharapova (eight) order to pip S.Williams and Bertens to the final berth WTA Finals champion on debut in 2011 (d. Azarenka • in the field) in F) - one of only four players to win the title on first • Is the first Swiss to compete in singles at the WTA attempt (also S.Williams in 2001, Sharapova in 2004 Finals since Hingis in 2006. Hingis is the only Swiss and Cibulkova in 2016). Went 3-0 in RR stage, one to win the WTA Finals, doing so in 1998 and 2000 of eight players to post perfect RR record and go on • Lost to No.1 Barty in opening match on Sunday; to win the title record over reigning No.1s slips to 4-2, after upset Also R-Up in 2015 (l. A.Radwanska in F). That year, • over Osaka at Indian Wells, Madrid and US Open in posted a 1-2 record in the round robin stage – one 2019 and S.Williams at 2015 Toronto. Only other loss of only four players to post a 1-2 record and reach to No.1 came against S.Williams at 2014 Madrid the final – also V.Williams in 2000 (l. S.Williams), • Faces Kvitova in second round robin match today; A.Radwanska in 2015 (d. Kvitova) and Cibulkova in bidding to improve 1-4 record vs the Czech, having 2016 (d. Kerber) lost their most recent encounter at 2019 Beijing. Sole Other results here read RR stage in 2012 (l. A.Rad • - victory came en route to title at 2019 Dubai wanska in first match then withdrew w/viral infection), • Has registered more victories against rivals in the SF in 2013 (l. ), RR stage in 2014 (1-2 record, Top 5 (six wins) than any other player on tour in 2019 d. Sharapova, l. A.Radwanska, Wozniacki) and RR and tied with Barty for most Top 10 wins (nine) stage in 2018 (0-3 record, l. Svitolina, Wozniacki, • Owns 47 tour-level match wins in 2019, the fifth-most Ka.Pliskova) on tour, behind Kenin (49), Ka.Pliskova (50), Barty • Playing her 23rd WTA Finals match today (10-12 re- (53) and Bertens (54). By contrast, posted a com- cord), overtaking Sharapova on the list among active bined total of 37 wins at this level across 2016, 2017 players and behind Wozniacki (24), A.Radwanska and 2018 (25) and S.Williams (35) • Has recorded 19 three-set victories in 2019 – the Became the sixth player to qualify for 2019 WTA • most on tour, ahead of Ka.Pliskova (18) Finals Shenzhen • Ranked at career-high No.7 heading into Shenzhen; One of two Czech players to contest the WTA Finals • by contrast, 12 months ago was No.39 Shenzhen along with Ka.Pliskova. Czech Republic • Best result of career in China was a R-Up finish at have had at least one player compete every year at Tianjin in 2014 WTA Finals (in singles) since 2011 • Aside from 2011 triumph, other Czechs to win the title here are Navratilova (1978, 1979) and Novotna (1997) SEASON • Lost opening round match against Osaka to record fourth consecutive opening match loss at WTA Finals • Enters Shenxhen off the back of winning fourth ca- having also fallen to A.Radwanska (2014), Kerber reer title, at Moscow (as WC, d. Pavlyuchenkova in (2015) and Svitolina (2018) F); SF win over Mladenovic secured qualification for • Faces Bencic today in second round robin match - WTA Finals Shenzhen has 4-1 record vs the Swiss, having won their last • Suffered 1r exit at Linz (l. Friedsam) encounter at 2019 Beijing. Sole loss came during • Reached R16 at Beijing (l. Kvitova) and made 2r exit Bencic’s title run at 2019 Dubai at Wuhan (after 1r bye, l. Kudermetova) • Has a 1-3 record v Top 5 opposition in 2019 with only • Advanced to maiden Grand Slam SF at US Open (l. win coming over No.2 Kerber on her way to the title eventual champion Andreescu) in Sydney • Defeated World No.1 Osaka in R16 at Flushing • At 29 years old is oldest qualifier this year Meadows. Now owns 4-1 record over reigning No.1s, • Owns 26-11 record on hard courts in 2019, high- also upsetting Osaka at Indian Wells and Madrid in lighted by a title run at Sydney and R-Up finish at 2019 and S.Williams at 2015 Toronto. Sole loss to Australian Open in January No.1 came against S.Williams in 2014 Madrid 1r • Ranks second on tour in 2019 for percentage won of • During this year’s US Open Series, made R16 at service games (80) and third for service points (63.2) Toronto (l. Svitolina) and fell 1r at Cincinnati (ret. vs. (as of October 21) Azarenka w/left foot injury) • Owns excellent record in China, winning titles at Wu- • Posted 3r showing at Wimbledon (l. Riske) after han in 2014 and 2016, and Zhuhai in 2016, as well falling 2r at Eastbourne (l. Alexandrova) as finishing R-Up at Beijing in 2014 • Was R-Up at Mallorca (l. Kenin after holding 3mp at 5-4 in second set); upset No.6 Kerber en route PETRA BELINDA KVITOVA VS BENCIC

SEASON SEASON CONT.

• Reached QF at Beijing (l. Barty) and SF at Wuhan (l. • Clay season ended with 2r exit at Rome (l. Mlade- Riske) novic) and 3r showing at Roland Garros (l. Vekic) • Fell 2r at US Open (l. Petkovic) • Posted SF run at Madrid (d. No.1 Osaka in QF, l. • Withdrew from Toronto w/left forearm injury before Halep) falling 2r at Cincinnati (after 1r bye, l. Sakkari) • Suffered 2r exit at Stuttgart (l. Bertens) • Reached R16 at Wimbledon (l. Konta) • Fell in 1r at Lugano (l. Lottner) but reached SF in • Withdrew from Roland Garros and then Birmingham doubles (w/Kuzmova, l. Kudermetova/Voskoboeva) w/left forearm injury • Advanced to QF stage at Charleston (l. Martic) • Retired in final set of R16 match at Rome against • Made 2r exit at Miami (after 1r bye, l. Putintseva) Sakkari w/left calf injury • Reached SF at Indian Wells (d. No.1 Osaka, No.5 • Advanced to QF at Madrid, where she was the de- Ka.Pliskova, l. Kerber) fending champion (l. eventual champion Bertens) • Loss to Kerber ended 12-match winning streak – • Won 27th career singles title from 36th final at Stutt- having won two Fed Cup singles rubbers (d. Errani, gart (d. Kontaveit in F) Giorgi), six wins en route to the Dubai title, four • Made QF run at Miami (l. eventual champion Barty) matches at Indian Wells after 2r exit at Indian Wells (l. V.Williams) • Lifted third singles title of career at 2019 Dubai (d. • Reached final at Dubai (l. Bencic) Kvitova in F) and first since 2015 Toronto; defeated • Fell QF in defense of St Petersburg title (l. Vekic) four Top 10 opponents en route to title, No.8 Sa- • Reached third career Grand Slam final at Australian balenka (R16), No.3 Halep (QF), No.6 Svitolina (SF) Open (l. Osaka in F); was one win away from reach- and No.4 Kvitova (F) ing World No.1 ranking. Went on 11-match winning • Inspired to 3-1 World Group II win over streak across Sydney (five wins) and Melbourne (six Italy in Biel (d. Giorgi and Errani) wins) • Fell in qualifying at St Petersburg • Captured 26th career title at Sydney (d. Barty in F) • Reached SF at Hobart (l. Schmiedlova) and ad- • Fell 2r in season opener at Brisbane (l. Kontaveit) vanced to 3r at Australian Open (l. Kvitova) • Opened 2019 season at Hopman Cup, partnering CAREER MILESTONES to help Switzerland retain the trophy

• Won a WTA-leading five titles in 2018, at St Peters- CAREER MILESTONES burg (d. Mladenovic in F), Doha (d. Muguruza in F), • Posted fourth Top 100 season in 2018, at No.37; Prague (d. Buzarnescu in F), Madrid (d. Bertens in highlight was R-Up finish at Luxembourg (as qualifier, F) and Birmingham (d. Rybarikova in F). Ended the l. Goerges) year ranked No.7 – sixth career Top 10 finish, and • Underwent left wrist surgery in spring 2017, missing first since 2015 (up fro No.29 in 2017) five months – ranking fell outside Top 300 • Titles in 2018 came on all three surfaces – first • Closed out 2017 season by winning 28 of 31 match- player to win a title on three difference surfaces in a es and four titles, two on the ITF Circuit and two WTA season since S.Williams in 2015 125K Series events at Hua Hin and Taipei. By the • Including 2019, has won at least one title every year end of the year she was back in the Top 75 dating back to 2011 • At 18 years of age in Toronto became youngest play- • Began 2017 season in May at Roland Garros (2r, er to defeat S.Williams in a completed match since l. Mattek-Sands) after a knife attack in her home in 2004 WTA Finals, when 17-year-old Sharapova d. Czech Republic on December 20, 2016; required Serena in F (Serena also lost at 2007 Charleston to extensive surgery to left hand then 17-year-old Chan Yung-Jan via first set retire- • Won title at 2017 Birmingham. Other season high- ment at 5-3) lights included a SF showing at Beijing (l. eventual • Struggled with injury in 2016 – advanced to sixth ca- champion Garcia) and equaled best result at US reer singles final at St Petersburg in February (as top Open by advancing to QF (l. V. Williams) seed for first time in career, l. Vinci) but after Charles- • Ended 2016 ranked No.11, ending run of five straight ton (April) was sidelined for more than two months – Top 10 finishes missed most of clay season, including Roland Garros • Won two singles titles in 2016, at Wuhan and the • Run to St Petersburg final saw her break into Top WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai 10 (at No.9) for the first time in her career; became 116th player to break into the Top 10 since comput- erized rankings were introduced in 1975. In the last 20 years, 11 players have made their Top 10 debut before their 19th birthday PETRA BELINDA KVITOVA VS BENCIC

CAREER CONT. CAREER CONT. Contested Rio Olympics in August 2016, winning the • • Reached a career-high ranking of No.7 (February 22, singles bronze medal (l. Puig in SF, d. Keys in bronze 2016) medal play-off) • Appeared in four finals in 2015, winning first two 2015 season highlights included three singles titles, career titles at Premier-level Eastbourne (d. A.Rad- at Sydney, Madrid and New Haven. New Haven win wanska in F) and Toronto (d. Halep in F via ret.) was third in four years, and marked first time she has • At 2015 Eastbourne, aged 18 years, 109 days, won any tournament title three times became second-youngest player to win a WTA Pre- • Runner-up at 2015 WTA Finals in Singapore (l. mier-level final. Caroline Wozniacki won 2008 New A.Radwanska in 3s). Former champion at the season Haven aged 18 years, 43 days finale, which she won on her event debut in 2011 (d. • With 2015 Toronto triumph, became first teenager Azarenka in F) to win an event at Premier 5 level or higher since • At 2012 Sydney was two wins from becoming No.1 Azarenka at 2009 Miami (had won Wimbledon and WTA Finals in previous six • Victory at 2019 Moscow improved record in career months) finals to 4-6; R-Up finishes came at 2014 Tianjin, • Member of Czech Republic’s Fed Cup winning team 2015 ‘s-Hertogenbosch, 2015 Tokyo [PPO], 2016 St in 2011-12, 2014-16 and 2018 Petersburg, 2018 Luxembourg and 2019 Mallorca Made pro debut on ITF Circuit in Czech Republic in • • Won second WTA doubles title of career in 2015 at 2006 Washington, DC (w/Mladenovic), the first coming earlier in the year at Prague (w/Siniakova) • Voted 2014 WTA Newcomer of the Year after rising GRAND SLAM HISTORY 179 spots in the rankings to finish season at No.33 • Played first WTA qualifying event at Luxembourg in • Contested 44th Grand Slam main draw at 2019 US October 2011, and first WTA main draw 12 months Open later at same event as WC (l. V.Williams, 1r); only 15 • Winner of two major singles titles, at Wimbledon in years, 7 months at the time 2011 (d. Sharapova in F) and 2014 (d. Bouchard in F) • Was first player born in 1990s to win a Grand Slam GRAND SLAM HISTORY title (since joined by Muguruza, Ostapenko, Ste- phens, Wozniacki, Halep, Osaka and Barty) • Contested milestone 20th Grand Slam main draw • Runner-up at 2019 Australian Open. The last Czech at 2019 US Open, which she marked by reaching woman to reach the final at Melbourne Park was her maiden SF at this level (l. eventual champion Novotna in 1991 (l. Seles); last Czech to win the Andreescu) Australian Open title was Mandlikova in 1987 (d. • Other than this year’s SF run, next best Grand Slam Navratilova) singles result was QF at 2014 US Open; defeated • Other Grand Slam highlights are SFs at 2012 Aus- two Top 10 players en route (No.7 Kerber in 3r, tralian Open (l. Sharapova) and 2012 Roland Garros No.10 Jankovic in R16) (l. eventual champion Sharapova), and QF runs at • Has made R16 at Australian Open in 2016 (l. Shara- 2017 US Open (l. V.Williams) and 2015 US Open (l. pova) and at Wimbledon in 2015 (l. Azarenka) and eventual champion Pennetta) 2018 (l. eventual champion Kerber). Best result at Roland Garros is 3r in 2019 (l. Vekic) PERSONAL • Has won the Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award, PERSONAL as voted by her WTA peers for the past six years • Split from coach Vlado Platenik at the end of 2018; running (through 2018) and seven times overall has worked extensively with Melanie Molitor and A global ambassador for Right To Play International, • , as well as her father, Ivan, in the past a charity which helps children to learn through sport • Fitness trainer is Martin Hromkovic, a former football Current coach is Jiri Vanek, having split with former • player from Slovakia ATP player and fellow Czech, Frantisek Cermak, • Also holds Slovak citizenship through her parents after 2016 US Open. Previously coached by David • Includes Nike, and Rolex among her sponsors Kotyza for seven years, with the partnership ending in January 2016 • Fitness trainer is David Vydra • Parents are Jiri and Pavla